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F-15 50th Anniversary: Eagle gets cannibalized, leftovers sent to the Boneyard, no more Oregon Eagles?

“It died; I say died because that’s how it feels.”-Master Sergeant Charles Fleek, Oregon Air National Guard, talking about tail number 78-0511, one of the lucky F-15Cs that actually flew under its own power to The Boneyard, in April 2022

Oregon Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Jennifer Shirar, 01APR2022.

Just a few months before the 50th Anniversary of the first flight what is probably the best combat aircraft ever employed by the U.S. Air Force, the state of Oregon decided to cannibalize one of its F-15Cs.

Oregon Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Jennifer Shirar, 01APR2022.

It is no April Fool’s Joke, after stripping the F-15C of usable parts, on 01APR2022, personnel with Oregon Air National Guard’s 173rd Fighter Wing loaded the worn out Eagle onto a flatbed trailer, to be hauled-off to the ‘Boneyard’ of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, in Arizona.

Oregon Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Jennifer Shirar, 01APR2022.

Oregon Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Jennifer Shirar, 01APR2022.

Oregon Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Jennifer Shirar, 01APR2022.

Oregon Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Jennifer Shirar, 01APR2022.

On 13SEP2022, the Oregon Air National Guard revealed that, after 24 years of service, all its F-15C Eagles were on the chopping block!  Not all of them; on 11SEP2022, eight Oregon Eagles were transferred to the Israeli air force, under the guise of Foreign Military Sales (which are usually taxpayer subsidized).

173rd Fighter Wing at Kingsley Field, Klamath Falls, Oregon. Oregon Air National Guard photo via Master Sergeant Jefferson Thompson, 19JUN2018.

In July 2022, tail number 78-0515 was sent to work for NASA (National Aeronautics Space Administration). It is hoped that most of the Eagles will end up with the National Museum of the United States Air Force, for public displays, however, the reality is most will end up in the Boneyard.

David R. Kingsley Memorial, an F-15A is displayed by the 173rd Fighter Wing at Kingsley Field. Oregon Air National Guard photo Master Sergeant Jefferson Thompson, 13APR2018.

Oregon’s 173rd FW has operated the A, B, C and D version of the undefeated-in-combat Eagle.  But wait, it’s not over for Oregon Eagles after all; the retiring F-15Cs are being replaced with the new build F-15EX.

Oregon Eagles:

PANDEMIC OVERFLIGHT, THE SANDMAN ENTERS

 NEW TAIL FEATHERS FOR OREGON EAGLE, B-17 BOMBER STYLE! PLUS, MINI-EAGLE, KAWAII!

Oregon deploys to Finland

F-15 50th Anniversary:  DESERT STORM FIRST BLOOD FOR USAF, THE NEVER ENDING TAR BABY CALLED IRAQ!

F-15 50th Anniversary: Desert Storm First Blood for USAF, the never ending Tar Baby called Iraq!

The first combat use of the F-15 Eagle was by Israel in 1979, followed by Saudi Arabia in 1984.  First combat use of the F-15 by the U.S. Air Force was during Operation Desert Storm, in 1991.

Five months before Desert Storm, the build-up was called Desert Shield. These F-15C Eagles are patrolling the sky over Saudi Arabian oil operations. U.S. Air Force/33rd Tactical Fighter Wing photo.

Desert Shield: 02AUG1990 to 16JAN1991

Somewhere in Saudi Arabia, a 1st Tactical Fighter Wing (out of Virginia) F-15D Eagle waits for a mission during Desert Storm, 23JAN1991. Notice the Patriot missile batteries in the background.

F-15E Strike Eagles waiting for another mission during the last weeks of Desert Storm, 01FEB1991. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Robert Jackson.

A Kuwaiti A-4KU Skyhawk and a USAF 1st Tactical Fighter Wing F-15C Eagle about to take off from an airfield in Saudi Arabia, during the last weeks of Desert Storm, 02FEB1991.

Desert Storm: 17JAN1991 to 28FEB1991

Notice the kill marking on this 58th Tactical Fighter Squadron F-15C. The USAF info says this photo was made during Desert Storm, yet the official date of the photo is December 1991! Photo by Technical Sergeant Fernando Serna.

An F-15C Eagle over the desert during the cease-fire between coalition and Iraqi forces, March 1991. USAF photo.

The USAF info that came with this photo is highly dubious. 1st, it states the photo was made in May 1992, more than a year after Desert Storm, yet claims this F-15C is being prepped for a mission during Desert Storm. 2nd, as you will see in the photo below, this Gulf Spirit does not have the kill markings that were applied after Desert Storm. Possibly this photo was made during Desert Storm, but not released until May 1992? Photo by Senior Airman Chris Putnam.

Kill markings on a F-15C Eagle named Gulf Spirit. The Gulf Spirit had just returned to the U.S. from Desert Storm, May 1991. USAF photo by Don S. Montgomery.

USAF photo by Don S. Montgomery.

After Desert Storm, France, the United States, and United Kingdom, imposed a ‘no fly zone’ over Iraq.  This Operation Southern Watch would last more than a decade, and help the U.S./NATO invade Iraq in 2003.  Even though the invasion was rationalized by the claim of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), which would later be proven false, the invasion of Iraq was dubbed Operation Iraqi Freedom (a major clue that it was not about WMDs). This was followed by Operation Inherent Resolve in 2014, supposedly to fight religious extremism that had taken over Iraq as a result of Operation Iraqi Freedom.  Even though Operation Inherent Resolve was declared a success in Iraq, in 2019, U.S./NATO forces continue to operate in Iraq.  This means the taxpayers of U.S./NATO have been funding direct military involvement in Iraqi affairs for more than three decades, and the result the leaders of the so called free world promised has yet to materialize.

For many decades after Desert Storm was declared finished, Eagles would continue to patrol over, and even bomb, Iraq. The relatively new F-15E Strike Eagle somewhere in Saudi Arabia, 20MAY1992. USAF photo.

Southern Watch: 27AUG1992 to 19MAR2003

An F-15C Eagle, normally based in NATO Germany, takes off from Incirlik Air Base in NATO Turkey, for a no-fly-zone mission over Northern Iraq, under the guise of protecting Kurds. USAF photo by Senior Airman Gudrun Cook, May 1995.

Two F-15C Eagles patrol the no fly zone over Southern Iraq, in support of Operation Southern Watch, 14JAN2002. USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Jack Braden.

Iraqi Freedom: 20MAR2003 to 15DEC2011

A Washington based KC-135 refuels an Idaho based ‘Bold Tiger’ F-15E for its deployment to Iraq during the first months of Operation Iraqi Freedom, 29DEC2003. USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Suzanne M. Jenkins.

A ‘Bold Tiger’ F-15E Strike Eagle (from Mountain Home, Idaho) was one of many Eagles deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom. USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Suzanne M. Jenkins, 29DEC2003.

Inherent Resolve: 15JUN2014 to present day 

On 23SEP2014, F-15E Strike Eagles used Iraqi airspace to conduct a dawn airstrike on Syria. USAF photo by Senior Airman Matthew Bruch.

USAF video report by Senior Airman Daniel Asselta, explaining the rational behind deploying F-15s to NATO Turkey to bomb Iraq and Syria, November 2015:

Video by Staff Sergeant Michelle Di Ciolli, of fully armed Idaho based ‘Bold Tiger’ F-15Es, getting refueled over Iraq during Operation Inherent Resolve, 17MAR2016:

An F-15E Strike Eagle somewhere over Iraq 06SEP2017. USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Trevor T. McBride.

Night vision video, by Senior Airman Nathaniel Stout, of KC-10 Extender refueling F-15E Strike Eagles over Iraq, December 2017:

An F-15E Strike Eagle gets refueled by a KC-135 Stratotanker, somewhere over Iraq, in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, 05OCT2018. USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Keith James.

On Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, a USAF F-15E gets ‘bombed-up’ with GBU-31 bombs, for an air strike on the Salah ad Din Province of Iraq, 10SEP2019. USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Chris Thornbury.

Yet again, another F-15E Strike Eagle gets refueled over Iraq, and even The Pandemic has no affect on military operations. USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Taylor Harrison, 09FEB2021.

Desert Storm:

What is left of a MiG 25. U.S. DoD photo.

AIRCRAFT GRAVEYARD

Cold War & Beyond: F-15A POLE DANCER, OR WHATEVER HAPPENED TO 72-0113?

Cold War to Ukraine Crisis: F-15 EAGLE NOW 50 YEARS OLD

Cold War to Ukraine Crisis & Beyond: Antonov 2 Biplane, the most practical aircraft ever?

To many people, the Antonov 2 is something that harkens back to the First World War’s biplanes, but it was developed after the Second World War (first flight 31AUG1947), soldiered on through the undeclared Cold War and continues flying for militaries on both sides of the Ukraine Crisis.

A proud Oleg Antonov stands between the crew that flew the An-2 on its first flight. Photo via Antonov Company.

It was Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov’s first aircraft design through his new independent Antonov Design Bureau.  It is a utility aircraft, originally meant as a crop duster/agricultural aircraft, and originally known as Sel’sko−Hoziaystvenniy samoliot (literally Agricultural Aircraft).  Mass production of the An-2 Maize actually began in a factory in Ukraine, in 1948.  In 1952, O.K. Antonov moved his design bureau operations/headquarters from Russia to Ukraine, where it is now known as Antonov Company.

The crop duster was a top loader. Photo via Antonov Company.

Photo via Antonov Company.

Round them doggies up! There’s almost as many ‘Colts’ as there are cows! Photo via Antonov Company.

Silly music video by Antonov Company:

Photo via Antonov Company.

Since 1948, the ‘Maize’ has been produced in several dozens of factories in dozens of countries, with at least six official modifications resulting in dozens of silly-vilian (civilian) and military variants.  The NATO reporting name is Colt.  Colt = An-2, 3, 4, 6, plus many other variants.  In China it is known as Y-5, and they even built a pilotless/robot version called Feihong 98.

An-2CX, photo via Antonov Company.

Even Santa Claus uses the Maize/Colt to transport his reindeer! Photo via Antonov Company.

An-6 fire fighter, photo via Antonov Company.

This odd looking Maize/Colt is the An-6 Meteo, high altitude weather tracker. Notice the cockpit in the tail, and the supercharged radial engine. Photo via Antonov Company.

Mount McCauley, Antarctica, 1973. Photo via John Sheraton.

A Warsaw Pact Polska (Poland) built PZL Maize/Colt floatplane, known as An-2M or An-2W in Poland (in the Soviet Union it is An-2V). What is realy interesting is that the NATO info published with this photo (in 1978) actually stated that the floatplane version was “rather rare”.

Sometime during the Cold War, in Warsaw Pact Deutsche Demokratische Republik (aka East Germany) fighter pilots were required to learn how to jump from a Colt.

In Warsaw Pact Československo (Czech-o-Slovakia), silly-vilian (civilian) parachute clubs were the rage, and the Colt was a major player. Photo made sometime in 1979.

SlovAir operated Colts were used by silly-vilian parachute clubs in Warsaw Pact Czech-o-Slovakia. Photo made sometime in 1980.

Czech-o-Slovaks loved parachuting so much they even jumped during Winter. Photo from Winter of 1979/80.

A Soviet agriculture Maize gets dusted. Photos by V. Jukl, sometime in 1980.

Ready for dusting. Photo by V. Jukl, sometime in 1980.

Antonov Company video, sometime towards the end of the undeclared Cold War, a mini-documentary was made about O. K. Antonov’s love of designing aircraft (in his own words), including his Maize:

Cold War: Approximately 1947 (due to U.S. President Harry Truman’s Truman Doctrine) to 1991 (Operation Desert Storm, collapse of Soviet Union).  The Western NATO (North Atlantic treaty Organization) must not have considered the Colt a significant aircraft, I have several books concerning Soviet aircraft, published in the United States and United Kingdom in the 1970s, only two slightly mention the An-2 and only one has a photo of it.

Last days of a former Warsaw Pact-East German Colt. In 1990, East & West Germany officially became one, but many East German aircraft continued to carry their Cold War insignia. East German An-2s were quietly retired.

Colt cargo aircraft on display U.S. Air Mobility Command Museum on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Zachary Cacicia, 15NOV2014.

Video report from 2016, about conversion of old Russian Colt/Maize to U.S. turbo-prop engines (made by Honeywell) and redesigned wings:

The composite winged TVS-2DT, Rostec photo.

Video report from 2016, about the new build TVS-2DT, an attempt to modernize the An-2:

Antonov Company video, An-2-100 turbo-prop sets lift record, April 2017:

Antonov Company video, celebrating 70 years of An-2, September 2017:

This Russian civilian Maize crashed in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, December 2017. It was loaded with 13 crew and passengers, three of which did not survive.

CGTN video report of Feihong-98 (FH-98) cargo UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle), October 2018:

In 2018, Russia’s Rostec State Corporation for Assistance to Development, Production and Export of Advanced Technology, announced production of a new ‘An-2’, called the TVS-2DTS.  First deliveries were expected in 2021, but oh that darn Pandemic lockdown.

Composite wing and fuselage TVS-2DTS, Rostec photo 2018.

The difference between the TVS-2DT and the TVS-2DTS is that the 2DTS has all composite wings and fuselage, whereas the 2DT has composite wings.

A Colt makes an ‘after hours’ drop to U.S. and Latvian Special Forces units during a wargame. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Garrett L. Dipuma, 22NOV2020.

Latvian Defence Ministry photo by Gatis Dieziņš, 05MAR2021.

Serbian paratroops make their first jump from a Colt, February 2022. Photo via Serbian Defence Ministry.

NATO Latvian An-2, notice the large muffler on the exhaust. Latvian Defence Ministry photo by Gatis Dieziņš, 03MAY2022.

Latvian Defence Ministry photo by Gatis Dieziņš, 03MAY2022.

Latvian Defence Ministry photo by Gatis Dieziņš, 03MAY2022.

Latvian Defence Ministry photo by Gatis Dieziņš, 03MAY2022.

Latvian Defence Ministry photo by Gatis Dieziņš, 03MAY2022.

A privately owned An-2 performs during the Sivrihisar Airshow in NATO Turkey, 17SEP2022. Photo by Mustafa Kaya via Xinhua News.

A child of California seems excited to in the cockpit of an old Colt/Maize, part of the air show on Edwards Air Force Base. USAF photo by Lisa Dixon, 15OCT2022.

On 14NOV2022, a Cold War era Cuban An-2 crashed while taking off from Florida, U.S.  It was later discovered that the same Antonov had  arrived in Florida the prior month, possibly the pilot was trying to defect to the U.S.:

A bigger Antonov, this time in use by the United States?: 

USMC photo by Corporal Nathan Wicks, 02AUG2016.

RUSSIAN ANTONOV DELIVERS KC-130J SIMULATOR TO U.S. MARINES IN JAPAN!

Cold War to Ukraine Crisis: KAMOV 27 HELIX

F-15 EAGLE NOW 50 YEARS OLD

M-T-L-B, USED BY U.S., N-A-T-O, AND STILL USED BY RUSSIA!

U.S. Disaster 2022: Search for survivors after Ian ravages Florida, People & Pets!

FEMA’s Virginia Task Force 2 deploys to search for survivors on Palm Island, Florida, 30SEP2022. FEMA photo by by Wesley Lagenour.

U.S. Coast Guard personnel from Air Station Clearwater search for survivors in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, 29SEP2022. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Third Class Gabriel Wisdom.

U.S. Customs & Border Patrol-Air & Marine Operations UH-60 flies along the Florida coast to assess damage, 29SEP2022. Photo by Ozzy Trevino.

U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) MH-65 Dolphin crew conduct rescues in Sanibel, Florida, 29SEP2022:

U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) operations inside the FEMA Region-4 Emergency Operations Center in Doral, Florida, 29SEP2022. CBP photo by Glenn Fawcett.

Anther USCG rescue video, Sanibel, 29SEP2022:

USCG MH-60 Jay-Hawk over Sanibel, Florida, 29SEP2022. USCG photo by Auxiliarist Joey Feldman.

On 29SEP2022, Tennessee Army National Guard deployed to Florida, video by Sergeant First Class Timothy Cordeiro:

Link to Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Hurricane Ian website.

Video of FEMA National Response Coordination Center in Washington DC, 29SEP2022:

Louisiana Army National Guard deploys ground vehicles to Florida, 29SEP2022, video by Staff Sergeant Garrett Dipuma:

Mississippi Army National Guard loaded equipment onto CH-47 Chinooks, for deployment to Florida, 29SEP2022. Mississippi National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant Justin Brown.

Florida Air National Guard video surveying of Bradenton, 28SEP2022:

Evacuees were served catered dinner by while sheltered at Navy Gateway Inns and Suites, 28SEP2022. U.S. Navy photo by Danette Baso Silvers.

Louisiana Army National Guard deploys UH-60 Black Hawk to Florida, video by Staff Sergeant Garrett Dipuma, 28SEP2022:

USCG video, responds to grounded boat off Fleming Key, 27SEP2022:

Florida Air National Guard Video by Senior Airman Jesse Hanson, 202nd RED HORSE Squadron deploys on 27SEP2022:

Florida Army National Guard video report, 27SEP2022, explaining satellite communication equipment that will be used during hurricane response:

Florida Air and Army National Guard prep and deploy for Hurricane Ian, 27SEP2022, video by Private First Class Victor Mejia-Jeronimo:

FEMA staged tractor trailers filled with food/water on Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama, video by Airman First Class Greydon Furstenau, 27SEP2022;

FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue Virginia Task Force 2, video report by Lameen Witter, 27SEP2022:

U.S. Disaster 2022: WEST VIRGINIA MILITIA DEPLOYS TO KENTUCKY!

ARIZONA MILITIA SANDBAGS LATEST FLOODING

MONTANA MILITIA DEPLOYS AFTER MAJOR FLOODING!

HURRICANE HUNTERS ISSUE WARNING

U.S. Food Crisis: Aged infrastructure cuts off water supply to Arkansas school/city, National Guard deployed!

On 28SEP2022, the Arkansas Army National Guard’s 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team had to deliver 2-thousand gallons of potable (think of it as water clean enough you can put in a pot for cooking and eating, pot-able) water to the Bald Knob School District in White County, Arkansas.

Arkansas Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Jim Heuston, 28SEP2022.

Many reports say only that the water supply line to the school/city was “compromised”.  Classes were canceled on 27SEP2022, and a boil order was also issued for the area south of U.S. Highway 67 and in the Bald Knob North Water Association (boil order ended on 29SEP2022).  The water pipe must be repaired.  The National Guard will continue their water supply operation as long as necessary, and requested by local officials.

Arkansas Army National Guard video by Sergeant First Class Jim Heuston:

According to one local news source, a private sector cable boring crew accidently cut through the main water line, but it was not their fault as they had consulted with local water officials before cutting.   It turns out that the water line is so old it is not listed on any of the water district’s maps!  75% of the city of Bald Knob was affected by the cut line, which is being repaired.  The line also serves people living outside the city limits.

U.S. Food Crisis: KENTUCKY MILITIA DEPLOYED FOR WATER SHORTAGE, “BAD WENT TO WORSE!”

WW3 Vehicle I-D: Su-75, The Checkmate, will they or won’t they?

Full scale model of Su-75, at one of the many international air shows for manufacturers, in 2021.

Russia’s Sukhoi 75 ‘The Checkmate’ is a single engined ‘low cost’ 6th Gen fighter.  It uses the AL-41F1 ‘project 117’ engine, a development of the engine used on the twin engined 5th Gen fighter Su-57, as well as the Su-35.

Full scale model, sometime in 2021.

First flight is expected sometime in 2023.  After a few years of testing, Rostec (aka State Corporation for Assistance to Development, Production and Export of Advanced Technology) hopes that production can commence in 2026-27.

Rostec claims the 6th Gen fighter will cost about 30-million U.S. dollars.  A two seat trainer is planned, as well as an pilotless robot version.

Artist’s concept of robot version.

The Su-75 is intended to work in conjunction with the Su-57 Felon and the S-70 Hunter drone.

Overhead view of Su-75 and Su-57, Rostec photo 2021.

Russian news reports are confusing, some claim Russian officials are considering it for the Russian Aerospace Forces, while others say the Russian military has yet to express interest in the 6th Gen fighter.

Rostec photo, 2021.

Rostec representatives admit they are hoping that potential foreign buyers will result in at least 3-hundred foreign orders, which could spur interest by the Russian military.

Rostec photo, 2021.

World War Three, Vehicle I-D: SUKHOI 57/T-50 PAK, PRODUCTION OF THE CONVICT (FELON) RAMPS UP!

Vehicle I-D: More T-38 Heritage paint jobs

U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nicholas Larsen, 05MAY2022.

T-38 with 80th Anniversary logo on its tail, Laughlin Air Force Base (AFB), Texas, 05MAY2022.

USAF photo by Senior Airman Nicholas Larsen, 05MAY2022.

USAF photo by Airman Kailee Reynolds, 03FEB2022.

87th Flying Training Squadron (FTS) heritage trainer on Laughlin AFB, Texas, 03FEB2022.

USAF photo by Airman Kailee Reynolds, 03FEB2022.

USAF photo by William R. Lewis, 24SEP2021.

On Nellis AFB, Nevada, September 2021.

USAF photo by Airman First Class David Phaff, 24MAY2021.

On Laughlin AFB, Texas, May 2021.

USAF video, by Airman First Class David Phaff, of 87-FTS T-38 Talon over Corpus Christi, Texas, 02MAY2021:

USAF photo by Senior Airman Cameron Schultz, 09APR2021.

USAF photo by Senior Airman Cameron Schultz, 09APR2021.

5th FTS ‘heritage’ T-38C Talon over Oklahoma, April 2021.

USAF photo by Senior Airman Cameron Schultz, 09APR2021.

USAF photo by Senior Airman Cameron Schultz, 09APR2021.

USAF photo by Senior Airman Jake Jacobsen, 15JUL2020.

T-38 Talon of the 50th Flying Training Squadron (FTS), 14th Fighter Training Wing (FTW), Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, 15JUL2020.

USAF photo by Senior Airman Jake Jacobsen, 15JUL2020.

USAF photo by Senior Airman Keifer Bowes, 17AUG2017.

87th FTS centennial flag ship, Laughlin AFB, Texas, August 2017.

USAF photo by Senior Airman Keifer Bowes, 17AUG2017.

T-38 Talon:

U.S. Air Force photo by Tom Hill.

OLD SKOOL TALON TESTS NEW-TECH GLOBAL INFORMATION DOMINANCE EXPERIMENT

 PACER CLASSIC-3

25TH FTS HERITAGE

REPAIRING 1/1 SCALE T-38 TALON

F-106, TEST-BED FOR T-38 ENGINES

World War 3 Vehicle I-D: Sukhoi 57/T-50 PAK, production of The Convict (Felon) ramps up!

Su-57 (Су-57), NATO reporting name Felon.

United Aircraft Corporation photo.

KnAAZ photo.

On 22SEP2022, after the partial mobilization of Russia’s reserve military units against a perceived invasion by NATO, Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Factory (KnAAZ) announced it is ramping up production of the Sukhoi 57: We understand how important this work is, so the plant is actively expanding and modernizing to increase production of the Su-57. At the moment, KnAAZ is loaded with orders until 2028.”-Sergey Chemezov, State Corporation for Assistance to Development, Production and Export of Advanced Technology (aka Rostec)

Sukhoi 57 (Сухой 57), the version offered for international sales is known as the PAK T-50 (ПАК ФА T-50).  Weapons are stored internally, the Felon is able to interact electronically with other Su-57s:Repeatedly involved, and single sorties, and several aircraft in coordination, in information interaction used aviation weapons, very effectively. Reviews are very good. Intra-fuselage armament worked flawlessly.”-Yuri Borisov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation

As part of the state contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense for the mass production of the Su-57, four aircraft have been built to date. This year it is planned to deliver the next batch of aircraft. UAC with allied enterprises performs work in accordance with the concluded state contract.-Yuri Slyusar, United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), 16AUG2022

The first mass production (specifically for Russia) Su-57 crashed during a test flight in 2019.  The second production Su-57 is being used as a test vehicle.  Before the partial mobilization of reserve forces was ordered, it was planned for 76 Felons to be delivered to Russian Aerospace Forces by 2027.

The new helmet to be worn by Russian Su-57 pilots.

This Su-57 pilot is wearing the old Cold War era helmet.

The proposed two seat Su-57E, with insignia for Indian Defense Forces.

Since 2019, flights were conducted with a Su-57 ‘drone controller’ and the S-70 Hunter drone. It is planed that a single Su-57 can control several of the new combat UAVs in one flight.

Video showing a Su-57 flying with a Russian Sukhoi stealth UAV (unmanned Aerial Vehicle), which looks very similar to a U.S. stealth drone:

China has considered testing the PAK T-50 (export Su-57) as a pilotless combat drone.

According to unnamed Russian sources, the prototype T-50 UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) will still have a pilot, but only as a back-up.  The T-50 UAV is part of experiments to create a 6th Gen fighter aircraft.

Promotional video from March 2020:

First mass production Felon, November 2019.

In August 2019, Russia’s Vladimir Putin showed-off the Su-57/T-50 to NATO Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Su-57 preproduction/prototype at an airshow with old World War Two aircraft.  Development of the Felon began in 1999, first flight in January 2010 (was to be in 2007, but was delayed due to ‘technical’ problems).

World War 3: Iran sends copies of U.S. stealth drones to Russia?

NATO Vehicle I-D: LATVIJAS CVR(T) SCIMITAR, SAMARITAN, SPARTAN

IDAHO SHOWS YOU HOW TO ENGINE SWAP A 1:1 SCALE M113

World War 3 Vehicle I-D: CHINA’S A-I-P ATTACK SUB REFRESHES TORPEDOES

CHINA MAKES SURPRISE(?) DELIVERY OF MILITARY AID TO RUSSIAN ALLY, USING NEW Y20!

World War 3: Russia partial mobilization, nuclear option armed, says NATO is waging war through Ukraine!

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В.Путин: Уважаемые друзья!

Тема моего выступления – ситуация на Донбассе и ход специальной военной операции по его освобождению от неонацистского режима, захватившего власть на Украине в 2014 году в результате вооружённого государственного переворота.

Обращаюсь сегодня к вам, ко всем гражданам нашей страны, к людям разных поколений, возраста и национальности, к народу нашей великой Родины, ко всем, кого объединяет большая историческая Россия, к солдатам и офицерам, добровольцам, которые сейчас сражаются на передовой, находятся на боевом посту, к нашим братьям и сёстрам – жителям Донецкой и Луганской народных республик, Херсонской и Запорожской областей, других освобождённых от неонацистского режима районов.

Речь пойдёт о необходимых, неотложных шагах по защите суверенитета, безопасности и территориальной целостности России, о поддержке стремления и воли наших соотечественников самим определять своё будущее и об агрессивной политике части западных элит, которые всеми силами стремятся сохранить своё господство, а для этого пытаются блокировать, подавить любые суверенные самостоятельные центры развития, чтобы и дальше грубо навязывать другим странам и народам свою волю, насаждать свои псевдоценности.

Цель этого Запада – ослабить, разобщить и уничтожить в конечном итоге нашу страну. Они уже прямо говорят о том, что в 1991 году смогли расколоть Советский Союз, а сейчас пришло время и самой России, что она должна распасться на множество смертельно враждующих между собой регионов и областей.

И такие планы они вынашивают давно. Они поощряли банды международных террористов на Кавказе, продвигали наступательную инфраструктуру НАТО вплотную к нашим границам. Они сделали своим оружием тотальную русофобию, в том числе десятилетиями целенаправленно взращивали ненависть к России, прежде всего на Украине, которой они готовили участь антироссийского плацдарма, а сам украинский народ превратили в пушечное мясо и толкнули на войну с нашей страной, развязав её, эту войну, ещё в 2014 году, используя вооружённые силы против гражданского населения, организовав геноцид, блокаду, террор в отношении людей, которые отказались признать власть, возникшую на Украине в результате госпереворота.

А после того, как сегодняшний киевский режим фактически публично отказался от мирного решения проблемы Донбасса и, более того, заявил о своих притязаниях на ядерное оружие, стало абсолютно ясно, что новое, очередное, как это уже было прежде дважды, крупномасштабное наступление на Донбасс неизбежно. А затем так же неизбежно последовала бы и атака на российский Крым – на Россию.

В этой связи решение об упреждающей военной операции было абсолютно необходимым и единственно возможным. Её главные цели – освобождение всей территории Донбасса – были и остаются неизменными.

Луганская Народная Республика уже практически полностью очищена от неонацистов. Бои в Донецкой Народной Республике продолжаются. Здесь за восемь лет киевский оккупационный режим создал глубоко эшелонированную линию долговременных укреплений. Их штурм в лоб обернулся бы тяжёлыми потерями, поэтому наши части, а также воинские подразделения республик Донбасса действуют планомерно, грамотно, используют технику, берегут личный состав и шаг за шагом освобождают донецкую землю, очищают от неонацистов города и посёлки, оказывают помощь людям, которых киевский режим превратил в заложников, в живой щит.

Как вы знаете, в специальной военной операции принимают участие профессиональные военнослужащие, проходящие службу по контракту. Плечом к плечу вместе с ними сражаются и добровольческие формирования: люди разных национальностей, профессий, возрастов – настоящие патриоты. Они по зову сердца встали на защиту России и Донбасса.

В связи с этим Правительству, Министерству обороны мною уже были даны поручения в полном объёме и в кратчайший срок определить правовой статус добровольцев, а также бойцов подразделений Донецкой и Луганской народных республик. Он должен быть таким же, как и у кадровых военнослужащих российской армии, включая материальное, медицинское обеспечение, социальные гарантии. Особое внимание должно быть уделено организации снабжения добровольческих формирований и отрядов народной милиции Донбасса техникой и снаряжением.

В ходе решения главных задач по защите Донбасса наши войска, исходя из планов и решений Министерства обороны и Генерального штаба по общей стратегии действий, освободили от неонацистов и значительные территории Херсонской и Запорожской областей, ряд некоторых других районов. В результате чего образовалась протяжённая линия боевого соприкосновения, которая составляет свыше тысячи километров.

О чём хочу сегодня впервые сказать публично? Уже после начала специальной военной операции, в том числе переговоров в Стамбуле, представители Киева реагировали на наши предложения весьма позитивно, и эти предложения прежде всего касались обеспечения безопасности России, наших интересов. Но очевидно, что мирное решение не устраивало Запад, поэтому после достижения определённых компромиссов Киеву фактически было дано прямое указание сорвать все договорённости.

Украину стали ещё больше накачивать оружием. Киевский режим пустил в ход новые банды иностранных наёмников и националистов, воинские части, обученные по стандартам НАТО и под фактическим командованием западных советников.

Одновременно самым жёстким образом был усилен режим репрессий по всей Украине в отношении своих собственных граждан, установленный сразу после вооружённого переворота 2014 года. Политика запугивания, террора, насилия принимает всё более массовые, страшные, варварские формы.

Хочу подчеркнуть: мы знаем, что большинство людей, живущих на освобождённых от неонацистов территориях, а это прежде всего исторические земли Новороссии, не хотят оказаться под игом неонацистского режима. В Запорожье, на Херсонщине, в Луганске и Донецке видели и видят те зверства, которые творят неонацисты в захваченных районах Харьковской области. Наследники бандеровцев и нацистских карателей убивают людей, пытают, бросают в тюрьмы, сводят счёты, расправляются, измываются над мирными гражданами.

В Донецкой и Луганской народных республиках, Запорожской и Херсонской областях до начала боевых действий проживало более семи с половиной миллионов человек. Многие из них вынуждены были стать беженцами, покинуть родной дом. А те, кто остался, – это порядка пяти миллионов человек – сегодня подвергаются постоянным артиллерийским и ракетным обстрелам со стороны неонацистских боевиков. Они бьют по больницам и школам, устраивают террористические акты против мирных жителей.

Мы не можем, не имеем никакого морального права отдать близких нам людей на растерзание палачам, не можем не откликнуться на их искреннее стремление самим определять свою судьбу. Парламенты народных республик Донбасса, а также военно-гражданские администрации Херсонской и Запорожской областей приняли решение о проведении референдумов о будущем этих территорий и обратились к нам, к России, с просьбой поддержать такой шаг.

Подчеркну: мы сделаем всё, чтобы обеспечить безопасные условия для проведения референдумов, для того чтобы люди могли выразить свою волю. И то решение о своём будущем, которое примет большинство жителей Донецкой и Луганской народных республик, Запорожской и Херсонской областей, мы поддержим.

Уважаемые друзья!

Сегодня наши Вооружённые Силы, как уже говорил, действуют на линии боевого соприкосновения, которая превышает тысячу километров, противостоят не только неонацистским формированиям, а фактически всей военной машине коллективного Запада.  (Today, our Armed Forces, as I have already said, are operating on the line of contact, which exceeds a thousand kilometers, they are confronting not only neo-Nazi formations [Ukrainian], but in fact the entire military machine of the collective West [NATO].)

В этой ситуации считаю необходимым принять следующее решение – оно в полной мере адекватно угрозам, с которыми мы сталкиваемся, – а именно: для защиты нашей Родины, её суверенитета и территориальной целостности, для обеспечения безопасности нашего народа и людей на освобождённых территориях считаю необходимым поддержать предложение Министерства обороны и Генерального штаба о проведении в Российской Федерации частичной мобилизации.  (In this situation, I consider it necessary to make the following decision – it is fully adequate to the threats we face – namely: to protect our Motherland, its sovereignty and territorial integrity, to ensure the security of our people and people in the liberated territories, I consider it necessary to support the proposal Ministry of Defense and the General Staff on the conduct of partial mobilization in the Russian Federation.)

Повторю, речь идёт именно о частичной мобилизации, то есть призыву на военную службу будут подлежать только граждане, которые в настоящий момент состоят в запасе, и прежде всего те, кто проходил службу в рядах Вооружённых Сил, имеет определённые военно-учётные специальности и соответствующий опыт.

Призванные на военную службу перед отправкой в части в обязательном порядке будут проходить дополнительную военную подготовку с учётом опыта специальной военной операции.

Указ о частичной мобилизации подписан.

В соответствии с законодательством об этом официально письмами будут сегодня проинформированы палаты Федерального Собрания – Совет Федерации и Государственная Дума.

Мобилизационные мероприятия начнутся сегодня, с 21 сентября. Поручаю главам регионов оказать всё необходимое содействие работе военных комиссариатов.  (Mobilization activities will begin today, from 21 September. I instruct the heads of regions to provide all necessary assistance to the work of military commissariats.)

Особо подчеркну, что граждане России, призванные на военную службу по мобилизации, получат статус, выплаты и все социальные гарантии военнослужащих, проходящих военную службу по контракту.

Добавлю, что Указ о частичной мобилизации также предусматривает дополнительные меры по выполнению государственного оборонного заказа. На руководителях предприятий ОПК лежит прямая ответственность за решение задач по наращиванию выпуска вооружений и военной техники, по развёртыванию дополнительных производственных мощностей. В свою очередь все вопросы материального, ресурсного и финансового обеспечения оборонных предприятий должны быть решены Правительством незамедлительно.  (I will add that the Decree on partial mobilization also provides for additional measures to fulfill the state defense order. The heads of defense industry enterprises are directly responsible for solving the tasks of increasing the production of weapons and military equipment, and deploying additional production capacities. In turn, all issues of material, resource and financial support for defense enterprises must be resolved by the Government immediately.)

Уважаемые друзья!

В своей агрессивной антироссийской политике Запад перешёл всякую грань. Мы постоянно слышим угрозы в адрес нашей страны, нашего народа. Некоторые безответственные политики на Западе не только говорят о планах по организации поставок Украине дальнобойных наступательных вооружений – систем, которые позволят наносить удары по Крыму, другим регионам России.  (In its aggressive anti-Russian policy, the West [NATO] has crossed every line. We constantly hear threats against our country, our people. Some irresponsible politicians in the West not only talk about plans to organize the supply of long-range offensive weapons to Ukraine – systems that will allow strikes against the Crimea and other regions of Russia.)

Такие террористические удары, в том числе с использованием западного оружия, уже наносятся по приграничным населённым пунктам Белгородской, Курской областей. В режиме реального времени с использованием современных систем, самолётов, кораблей, спутников, стратегических беспилотников НАТО осуществляет разведку по всему югу России.  (Such terrorist strikes, including with the use of Western weapons, are already being carried out on the border settlements of the Belgorod and Kursk regions [Vladimir Putin stated months ago that if NATO weapons were used against Russia it would be considered an act of war by NATO]. In real time, using modern systems, aircraft, ships, satellites, strategic drones, NATO carries out reconnaissance throughout southern Russia.)

В Вашингтоне, Лондоне, Брюсселе прямо подталкивают Киев к переносу военных действий на нашу территорию. Уже не таясь, говорят о том, что Россия должна быть всеми средствами разгромлена на поле боя с последующим лишением политического, экономического, культурного, вообще всякого суверенитета, с полным разграблением нашей страны.  (In Washington, London, Brussels, they are directly pushing Kyiv to transfer military operations to our territory. No longer hiding, they say that Russia should be defeated by all means on the battlefield, followed by the deprivation of political, economic, cultural, in general, any sovereignty, with the complete plunder of our country.)

В ход пошёл и ядерный шантаж. Речь идёт не только о поощряемых Западом обстрелах Запорожской атомной электростанции, что грозит атомной катастрофой, но и о высказываниях некоторых высокопоставленных представителей ведущих государств НАТО о возможности и допустимости применения против России оружия массового поражения – ядерного оружия.  (Nuclear blackmail was also launched. We are talking not only about the [Ukrainian] shelling of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, which is encouraged by the West, which threatens a nuclear catastrophe, but also about the statements of some high-ranking representatives of the leading NATO states about the possibility and admissibility of using weapons of mass destruction against Russia – nuclear weapons.)

Тем, кто позволяет себе такие заявления в отношении России, хочу напомнить, что наша страна также располагает различными средствами поражения, а по отдельным компонентам – и более современными, чем у стран НАТО. И при угрозе территориальной целостности нашей страны, для защиты России и нашего народа мы, безусловно, используем все имеющиеся в нашем распоряжении средства. Это не блеф.  (To those who allow themselves to make such statements about Russia, I would like to remind you that our country also has various means of destruction, and for some components – even more modern than those of the NATO countries. And when the territorial integrity of our country is threatened, we will certainly use all the means at our disposal to protect Russia and our people. It’s not a bluff.)

Граждане России могут быть уверены: территориальная целостность нашей Родины, наша независимость и свобода будут обеспечены, подчеркну это ещё раз, всеми имеющимися у нас средствами. А те, кто пытается шантажировать нас ядерным оружием, должны знать, что роза ветров может развернуться и в их сторону.

В нашей исторической традиции, в судьбе нашего народа – останавливать тех, кто рвётся к мировому господству, кто грозит расчленением и порабощением нашей Родины, нашему Отечеству. Мы и сейчас это сделаем, так и будет.  (It is in our historical tradition, in the destiny of our people, to stop those who strive for world domination, who threaten with the dismemberment and enslavement of our Motherland, our Fatherland. We will do it now, and so it will be.)

Верю в вашу поддержку.

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World War 3: Iran sends Russia copies of U.S. stealth drones?

In August 2022, there were reports that Iran is supplying Russia with a stealth Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV, also known as a ‘drone’).  This is feasible because, during the U.S. President Barack Obama regime, Iran was able to capture a U.S. stealth drone in 2011, and they successfully reverse engineered it.

Photo showing mass production of Iranian drones, copied from a captured U.S. stealth drone.

It was the current regime of U.S. President Joseph Robinette Biden Junior that made the claim that Iran was supplying Russia with the UAVs.  It should be noted that the Biden regime got its information from the Washington Post.  Russian official Dmitry Sergeyevich Peskov says the Washington Post is well known for “information stuffing”.

The Washington Post also claims that Iran sent Russia its Shahed-191 Stealth drone. Video purporting to show Iranian copies of U.S. stealth UAVs in flight:

However, the Biden regime specifically mentioned two Iranian drones; the Mohajer-6 and the Shahed-129, neither of which are considered stealth and they are not copies of the U.S. stealth UAV.

Mohajer (Migrant)-6

The Mohajer (Migrant)-6 is an evolution of a family of UAVs developed specifically by the Revolutionary Guards.  Apparently the Iranian Army has only three of them, while the Revolutionary Guards has at least 50.  It looks like a reduced scale version of the old U.S. OV-10 Bronco observation/close support aircraft.  Reportedly, Venezuela made a deal to build this drone itself.

Shahed (Witness)-129 Second Generation

There are several generations of the Shahed (Witness)-129, and the most recent version looks similar to the U.S. MQ-9 Reaper and the Israeli Hermes 900.

Shahed (Witness)-129 First Generation

The Shahed-129 prototype (and first generation Shaheds) look to be reverse engineered/direct copied from an Israeli Hermes 450 UAV that crashed and was acquired by Iran.  Iran has already exported the Hermes 450 version of their Shahed to Syria, to help fight the Western/NATO instigated Civil War.

Video from 2014, showing first generation Iranian Shahed-129 flying over Syria:

The U.S. stealth drone copy is known as the Saegheh (Thunderbolt).  The U.S. version is the RQ-170 Sentinel. Iran has already evolved their Saegheh into several versions and claims they will be operating at least 50 of them by 2025.  Iran sent Saeghehs to Syria, and Israel claims to have shot one down in 2018.  There is confusion as the Saegheh has also been referred to as the Shahed.

Saegheh (Thunderbolt) Shahed-191

The Shahed-191 is the armed version (two internal weapon bays) of the Saegheh, which can be launched from the back of Toyota pickups.

NATO Italian IVECO based drone control vehicle, used by Iran.

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BlindBatNews February 2012: 

IRAN TO DISPLAY LIFE SIZE MODEL OF U.S. STEALTH DRONE, SENDS OBAMA A TOY HOT PINK VERSION

BlindBatNews December 2011:  IRAN REVEALS CAPTURED U.S. STEALTH DRONE, SHOT DOWN BY ‘CYBER BULLETS’.